Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 34 The Burrow

Harry had expected the holiday to be as difficult as the past, and he was very grateful to his friends for trying to help him, but he didn't think it would be of any use, especially to someone as stubborn as his aunt and uncle.

To his great surprise, less than three days after he returned home, a tax office employee came to his home.Harry would never forget the look on his aunt and uncle's face.

It was also from that conversation that Harry learned that his aunt and uncle really used him as a cash withdrawal machine. Although he didn't know why the Supreme Council actually gave his aunt and uncle so much money, he could only secretly guess: It might be with It was closely related to his narrow escape from death 13 years ago. For the first time, Harry felt that he had no face to see anyone.

The Vernons, on the other hand, were terrified of the possible punishment. Even though the officials from the tax department repeatedly assured them that they would just make up the amount, they were still frightened.

Just when his uncle was about to turn the finger on Harry, Harry in a hurry told the news that Elena's father said that their tax evasion and tax evasion record had not only 100 pages but 50 pages, their faces turned pale instantly. .

Petunia's long neck was even whiter than her face.Then his uncle yelled and cursed for a while and said he was going to take Penny and Dally on vacation (actually to their mountain villa).

Before leaving, he warned Harry that if they came back and found the house in any way damaged, Harry would be screwed.

"I swear on my soul to Merlin that I will never touch anything in this house," Harry said solemnly.

"Including the ones in the refrigerator, the lockers, and the underground warehouse," Vernon growled, his fat face wavy with emotion.

"Of course these places are included," Harry said, holding back his excitement. "That's pretty much it," Vernon said proudly, as if this was some great victory.Then they did something that made Harry very depressed: they took the key away, although they left the door unlocked.But the meaning is clear: get out of here right away.

After Harry tried to open the Ahola hole, he found that he could cast this spell stably.He started to pack his luggage. He originally wanted to go to Hogsmeade now, but he found that he had no money at all.Harry cursed and sat dejectedly on the bed in his room. Hedwig looked at him dissatisfied.

"Don't look at me like that. You can go out and catch mice no matter what. What can I eat?" Harry opened the cage angrily and watched Hedwig fly out with fluttering wings.

It wasn't long before he heard the thing called the phone ring.When he picked it up, he realized it was Ron. Although the voice was muffled, Harry was sure it was Ron.

"Ron? Are you Ron Weasley?" Harry asked excitedly.

"Harry? Are you Harry Potter?" Ron's voice was unclear.

"Ron, it's me, I'm Harry Potter" Harry jumped up.

"Harry, do you have time to come to our house, you know you just rescued Ginny a few weeks ago... Well... I mean, my mother wanted to have you over to our house. Do you have time now?" "

"Of course... no problem... but I don't know where your home is? And I don't have any money." Harry felt a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter. Professor Dumbledore already knows what happened just now. He told us your address. My dad is already preparing to leave to pick you up." Ron's voice was a little blurry.

"Ron, this voice is a bit blurry... How about we go to your house and talk about it?" Harry said while holding back his excitement.

"Then let's talk when you come. My dad will probably be at your house early tomorrow morning," Ron said.

"I really... really don't know how to thank you." Harry felt a little uncomfortable in his throat.

"You are my buddy, and you saved Ginny again. You are too bold to say you want to thank us... Then I'll see you at noon tomorrow," Ron said with a smile.

"Then let's do this for now... I guess it will cost money to use this thing," Harry said hurriedly.

"Merlin's beard... We'll see you tomorrow at noon" Ron seemed frightened.The only sound left on the phone was "beep, beep, beep".But Harry's heart was already in turmoil. Harry confirmed that if he hadn't had a map, he could have run from Privet Drive to Ron's house.

But Harry still forced himself to calm down and packed his luggage seriously. He didn't want to forget something and have to run back to get it.Ever since he knew that his aunt and uncle used him as a cash machine, he wanted to escape from the house.The waiting process can be said to be extremely torturous. Sometimes Harry would even stare at the broken alarm clock hanging in his small bedroom, hoping that the time would pass quickly.

At night, Hedwig came back contentedly with fluttering wings. She also held a letter and a flat thing wrapped in tinfoil on her feet. When Harry got it, he found that it was Hermione's letter. He read it in a low voice. got up.

"Hello Harry. I hope I haven't disturbed you. Your aunt and uncle are some of the worst people I have ever known. Ron wrote to tell me that you would be spending the holidays at his house. I am very I'm glad you can finally leave your aunt and uncle. Your owl is very smart. After she came to my house, she stared at the dessert shop opposite me for a long time. I immediately understood what she meant. I bought you a piece of chocolate. No need. Thank me, we are friends. By the way, the tax officer is a friend of Elena's father. After Winters knew that you didn't reply for two days, he immediately contacted Elena. Then her father's friend came to the door. You should thank Elena properly."

Harry hurriedly opened the flat thing wrapped in tinfoil and found a piece of chocolate that was almost bigger than his face, and it seemed to have milk added to it. Only then did Harry realize that he hadn't eaten anything for a day.His stomach twisted into a knot under the combined stimulation of milk chocolate.

But Harry resisted the urge to eat all the chocolate in one night and carefully broke off a small piece and put it in his mouth. . .Then. .He found himself hungrier.Time passed by minute by minute, and it was already 3 o'clock in the morning before he knew it, but Harry was not sleepy at all.

At 3:40 in the morning, he seemed to see two orange bright spots flying in the sky, and they were coming in his direction. Harry thought for a while that he had fainted from hunger, or that he was dreaming, but then came The growing sound of the engine told him: Ron's father was coming soon.

Harry immediately picked up his luggage and stood at the door, feeling so excited that he couldn't help himself.Within a few minutes, he heard Ron's father's voice: "I'm Arthur Weasley, could you please open the door? I'm here to pick up Harry."

Harry rushed over in almost three steps. He opened the door and found a tall, bald man with fiery red hair standing at the door. Arthur Weasley had already arrived.

"Harry... where are your aunt and uncle?" Arthur asked in surprise.

"They said they were going on vacation," Harry said helplessly.

"How could there be such a person... You might starve to death. The nearest bank from this place is 16 kilometers... Not only are they in charge of the inheritance your parents left you, but the Supreme Council gives them a few dollars every year Aren't they satisfied with one hundred thousand galleons?" Mr. Weasley said angrily.

"What?" Harry asked shriekingly. He didn't expect his aunt and uncle to be so greedy. .

"Dumbledore cast a magic after you survived. This magic relies on blood ties. As long as you stay where you keep your mother's blood, you will not be harmed. But because of that incident, your uncle and aunt War hates wizards unusually, even if you are their nephew.

After Dumbledore said he would entrust you to them, your aunt and uncle immediately spoke loudly and said that unless you give them 50 gold galleons every year, they will throw you away, and the worst is to break up. . . .I don't know how Dumbledore could bear this tone at that time. . . .Anyway, Dumbledore told me immediately after he learned that your uncle and aunt were so irresponsible today.He cast a lot of defensive magic on the Burrow to protect your safety."

Harry was stunned as he listened to Mr. Weasley telling the story of what happened 13 years ago.He suddenly felt that it would be better for him to starve to death silently at No. 12 Privet Drive.Mr. Weasley seemed to have noticed something and severely interrupted Harry's thoughts.

"Your parents are heroes who fought against Voldemort. They fought until the last moment of their lives for more innocent people, including you. Even if you just want to prevent your parents' blood from being shed in vain, you still have to live a happy life. Come on. Come on, get in the car, if we are late, Molly will be anxious." Mr. Weasley opened the door.

After the car took off, Mr. Weasley opened the window.The breeze blew across his face, and Harry felt much better. It didn't take long for Hedwig to start chirping dissatisfiedly, and Harry immediately understood what his owl wanted to do.

He opened the cage, and the snow-white owl accompanied Weasley's speeder to the Burrow.When the sun first emerged, they arrived at their destination. Harry looked down from the speedster and found that Ron's house was in a village.

As soon as Harry got out of the car, he saw a crooked house made of stones of different shapes. The door read: Welcome to the Burrow.This is not only true of Ron's house, but also of other residents' houses.Harry guessed that it was probably the effect of magic that made the houses here so haphazardly built.

To the left of the stone house is a chicken coop, where several half-speckled turkeys are walking.The right side might be a storage room, Harry guessed because there were several tires placed at the door of that house.While he was watching in fascination, a large group of sheep passed behind him. The shepherd happily greeted Mr. Weasley, who screamed immediately after seeing Harry.

"Arthur...Merlin...why did you bring Harry Potter to your house?" the man said in shock.

"Don't be so surprised, Marn. Professor Dumbledore wrote to me and asked me to bring Harry. I couldn't find anyone worse than his aunt and uncle." Mr. Weasley didn't want to mention Harry again. Uncle and aunt.

"No wonder...Forget it, I don't want to worry about those bad things. So, Arthur, do you want to have a rest tomorrow?" Ma En said.

"I'll have a day off tomorrow...Rum bar?" Mr. Weasley asked happily.

"Rum bar, see you at 8 o'clock tonight. I don't want to go back and be scolded by my wife," Ma En said happily.

"Then it's settled, I'm going to take Harry to my house. Let's talk tonight," Mr. Weasley said with a smile.

"That's my Muggle friend. 60% of the people in this village are wizards and the rest are Muggles, so you can rest assured that there are no people like your uncle and aunt here," Mr. Weasley said easily.

As soon as Harry entered the door, he saw Ron eating a sandwich. Ginny's face turned red immediately after seeing Harry, and George and Fred immediately shouted.

"Mum, Harry and Dad are here" George and Fred shouted in unison.

"Harry...I thought you arrived at noon" Ron stood up happily.

"It's been a smooth ride" Aslay hugged Molly.

"Ron, take Harry to his room. Your dad is tired," Molly said, giving Arthur a glass of milk, and then looked at Harry with a smile.

"Come on, Harry. I'll take you... um... take you to your room." Ron seemed a little embarrassed.

Everywhere in the Burrow bears traces of the passage of time.The second floor is the room of Ginny and the Weasleys, the third floor is the room of Ron, his twin brother and Percy, and the third floor is the room of Bill and Charlie. Since Bill and Charlie have already gone to work, they don't come back very often.These two rooms were left empty, one was converted into a storage room, and the other was turned into Harry's room.

Harry looked at his room in the Burrow. The golden sunlight rushed in through the wide open window. A water tank filled with frog eggs was quietly sunbathing. There were many Quidditch teams' pictures on the walls. Promotional posters, the team that appears the most in these posters is Charlie's Cannons, with the Quidditch player waving at Harry and Ron.

"Hmm... It's a very old house... It's not as new as yours..." Ron seemed to be anxiously waiting for Harry to comment.

"This is definitely the best place I've ever seen," Harry said happily.

Ron looked at Harry in disbelief and his ears turned red.

(End of this chapter)